Women, sports take center stage at Oakland film festival
Louis LaVenture,
Editor-in-Chief
October 2, 2017
Filed under Arts & Life, Metro, Showcase
The Women Sports Film Festival will make its return today, running through Oct. 1, at Oakland’s New Parkway Theater on 24th St. The festival screens documentary films by and about female athletes and storytellers. This year there will be seven feature films, sixteen short documentaries; 18 different...
Berkeley Film Festival spotlights local homelessness
Kali Persall,
Managing Editor
November 14, 2016
Filed under Arts & Life, Showcase
It’s 9 p.m. on Saturday and nobody stirs at the East Bay Media Center. Around 20 film-lovers huddle in the small, brick-lined room that smells like patchouli oil and old wood, while Amir Soltani and Chihiro Wimbush’s powerful documentary “Dogtown Redemption” plays on the screen. Mel Vapour, di...
CSUEB hosts their first mobile film festival
Stefani Diaz,
Contributor
November 28, 2014
In an era of smartphones, where phones can produce videos on par with some HD cameras, filmmakers have been able to shoot and produce entire films with their phones. In an effort to explore this trend, students and faculty within the School of Arts and Media are hosting a film festival called MoFiFest on Jan. 23. They are accepting submissions fro...
